Clothes-drier



N.PETERS. PROTLLITHOGRPHER, WASHINGTON, D CA u ivi S. H. TIFT, OF MORRISVILE, VERMONT.

CLOTHES-DRIER.

To all 'whom z' may concern.'

Be it known that I, STEPHEN II. TIFT, of Morrisville, in the county of Lamoille and State of Vermont, have invented a new and useful Improvement in Clothes Bars or Driers; and I do hereby declare that the following is a full, clear, and exact description of the same, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, forming a part of this specification, in which- Figure l, is a side elevation of a clothes bar or drier constructed with my improvements. Fig. 2, is a plan or top view of the same.

Similar letters of reference, in each of the several igures indicate corresponding parts.

The nature of my invention consists in the arrangement of the arms, when made liexible, fast in the head of the standard and considerably oblique to a horizontal plane, in combination with the arrangement of the standard, which support the arms, so that its lower end nearly touches the floor, in a socket which is mounted upon flexible obliquely set legs. By this combined arrangement the cord is drawn taut when the arms are weighed down by the weight of the clothes, and thus the arms, which my invention allows nie to make exceedingly light, are strengthened and sustained by the cord until the cord breaks, and at the same time the legs, which also my invention allows me to make exceedingly light, have a chance to yield so as to get a rm hold upon the floor and are assisted by the standard in bearing the weight, as said standard descends by reason of the yielding of the legs and bears with the legs upon the floor.

The whole object of my invention is to produce a clothes bar or drier which combines strength, lightness and simplicity.

To enable others, skilled in the art, to make and use my invention, I will proceed to describe its construction and operation.

A, A, A, A, A, represent the arm of the clothes bar or drier. B, the standard and C, C, C, the legs of the same.

The arms A, are made light enough to yield slightly or take the form otl a bow to a slight extent when weighed down by clothes. They are confined fast into the head a, of the statt, and are connected together by cords or ropes D, D, D, D, as shown; said ropes answer as stays or supports to the arms when the weight of the clothes comes upon them and prevent the arms giving way or breaking otl'. The standard B, extends down through a socket c, to within a short distance of the ground. And the legs C, C, are inserted fast into the socket c, and are made light so as to yield, when the weight comes upon the standard, sutlicient-ly to take a firm hold upon the floor and allow the standard to descend and rest upon the floor in a manner to assist the legs in supporting the bars, and the weight resting upon them.

By examining the drawing, the manner in which the bars yield or descend and throw the weight of the clothes, resting upon them, upon the cords or ropes will be seen illustrated in red lines. The manner in which the legs yield and allow the standards to descend and assist in supporting the structure and the weight resting upon it will also be seen illustrated in red lines.

INhat I claim as my invention and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

The arrangement of the light yielding bars A, A, A, A, A, cords or ropes D, D, D, D, standard B, and light yielding legs C, C, C, substantially as and for the purposes set forth.

The above specification of my improvement in clothes driers, signed by me this 2nd. day of July 1858.

S. H. TIFT.

Vitnesses:

G. Yoann ATLEE, R. W. FENWICK. y 

